Re: dual modem for dial-up
- From: "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:11:02 +0100
There's always that software that is claimed to speed up downloads
(depending on what you are getting).
www.onspeed.com
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> Google for "modem bonding" to find out about the obsolete
> technique. It is twice as fast as using a single modem, but
> DSL and cable are 25-100 times as fast. The ISP must
> support it and will charge extra for the service.
>
>
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> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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> "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> |
> | "Don Taylor" <dont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> | >>hcross writes:
> | >>> thanks for the replies... i'll have to ask. but,
> there's only one
> | >>> phone line and my parents can't afford to have a
> second line
> | >>> installed.
> | >
> | >>Don Taylor wrote:
> | >>> I happened to see a silly gadget marked down for
> closeout at Radio
> | >>> Shack. It is the reverse, one modem that two computers
> can connect
> | >>> to, at
> | >>> the same time or not. Either computer can provoke it
> to make the
> | >>> call, once the call is made one or both can be using
> the net connect,
> | >>> etc. That doesn't double your speed but might make
> competing for the
> | >>> open phone line a thing of the past. $50 on sale, I
> think.
> | >
> | >>How to configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows
> XP
> | >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126
> | >
> | > And XP Internet Connection Sharing has a reputation for
> being
> | > cranky and difficult for many people to make work
> dependably.
> | >
> | > Search the net and find people's problems with this one.
> | >
> | > I tried for a month or more and finally gave up on
> making it work,
> | > even after using kb, books, the newsgroup, etc,...
> | >
> | >>--
> | >>Shenan Stanley
> | >> MS-MVP
> | >>--
> | >>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> | >>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> |
> | One thing that many people don't consider is whether their
> ISP will allow 2
> | simultaneous logins. The big ones usually don't. If that's
> the case, then
> | you need to have 2 accounts. So you're paying for 2 phone
> lines, and 2 ISP
> | accounts and you're tying up 2 phone lines at once.
> Broadband starts looking
> | like a better bargain.
> |
> | And depending on what you're doing with the computer,
> those 2 connections
> | may not make a difference. It doesn't speed up anything if
> you're just
> | browsing because the 2 lines aren't really combined,
> you're really just
> | connected twice. So if you're, for example browsing while
> you're
> | downloading, you'll probably see some improvement because
> one connection is
> | doing the browsing while the other is downloading.
> |
> |
>
>
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